Letters: Sun-News opinion page is one-sided

Opinion page is one-sided

Where is your balance on the editorial page? From what I can tell, it is one-sided. Peter Goodman expresses the liberal viewpoint week after week. This is objectionable because there is no counter-balance, which can lead a reader to think there is no other legitimate opinion about issues that matter a great deal.

Mr. Goodman’s latest column makes it sound like his is the only legitimate view about assisted suicide. While he was at it, he chose to needlessly denigrate the Catholic faith.

Those who study and practice that faith find that, in fact, it makes life issues very clear and most meaningful. Far from being outdated, the wise perspective of the Church’s teachings has advance civilizations for hundreds of years.

Years ago, the Sun-News had the Washington Post syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker to present the conservative point of view. Right now, the Sun-News is suffering from media bias. It should sign Ms. Parker or an equal talent to remedy that bias.

Patrick K. Seltzer,

Deming

Praise for article on stuttering

I praise the Sun-News for publishing "Someone's stutter won't end a conversation if you know how to listen" as it was a heartfelt and accurate look at stuttering.

First, I think that Deborah Rhein of the NMSU Department of Communication Disorders gave the best explanation of the causes of stuttering that I have ever read in a news article.

I would like to address stuttering as it pertains to the Hispanic community. The website of the Stuttering Foundation (www/stutteringhelp.org) is famous for the many free resources it gives to people who stutter of all ages as well as the parents of children who stutter. It is important that the Hispanic community know that there is a Spanish-language version of this helpful website at www.tartamudez.org. "Tartamudez" means "stuttering" in Spanish.

Of the many brochures available for download on the Stuttering Foundation website is “Stuttering and the Bilingual Child” which addresses the needs of children who struggle with stuttering in two languages. Stuttering in one language is tough enough!

Juan Gardea

South Bend, IN

More effective ways to guard border

The first time that Trump said that Mexico would pay for a 1,500-mile border wall between Mexico and the U.S., anyone with half a brain new that wasn’t true. The president of Mexico stated that fact rather crudely. Yet at Trump’s rallies Trump would ask “who’s going to pay for the wall,” and his lemmings would reply “Mexico.”

Such a wall would cost billions and would be largely ineffective. Walls can be dug under, drilled through and climbed over. And eminent domain would have to be invoked who knows how many times, and at what cost.

More effective ways of guarding the border are motion sensors and Border Patrol agents. Five billion dollars would pay for a lot of both.